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US counterterrorism efforts in Iraq focus on managing ISIS detainee transfers

US counterterrorism efforts in Iraq focus on managing ISIS detainee transfers

America’s top counter-terrorism official, Joe Kent, director of the US National Counter-terrorism Centre (NCTC), spent several days in Baghdad to oversee and support the transfer of ISIS detainees from north-east…
US counterterrorism efforts in Iraq focus on managing ISIS detainee transfers

US counterterrorism efforts in Iraq focus on managing ISIS detainee transfers

America’s top counter-terrorism official, Joe Kent, director of the US National Counter-terrorism Centre (NCTC), spent several days in Baghdad to oversee and support the transfer of ISIS detainees from north-east…
Counterterrorism or Cover Story? How ‘Safe Haven’ Rhetoric Shapes Sudan Diplomacy?
Counterterrorism or Cover Story? How ‘Safe Haven’ Rhetoric Shapes Sudan Diplomacy?
Terror financing and recruitment through social media in fragile Middle Eastern states
Terror financing and recruitment through social media in fragile Middle Eastern states
Al-Sharaa’s Hypocrisy: HTS Terror Roots Undermine Syria’s Counter-Terror Critique
Al-Sharaa’s Hypocrisy: HTS Terror Roots Undermine Syria’s Counter-Terror Critique
Islamist militancy’s involvement in Yemen’s southern separatist conflict
Islamist militancy’s involvement in Yemen’s southern separatist conflict
Sunni jihadist resurgence after strategic setbacks to Iran-led militias
Sunni jihadist resurgence after strategic setbacks to Iran-led militias
Counterterrorism or Cover Story? How ‘Safe Haven’ Rhetoric Shapes Sudan Diplomacy?

Counterterrorism or Cover Story? How ‘Safe Haven’ Rhetoric Shapes Sudan Diplomacy?

The expression that Sudan should not be a haven of terrorism has become a byword to diplomatic reactions to the…
Terror financing and recruitment through social media in fragile Middle Eastern states

Terror financing and recruitment through social media in fragile Middle Eastern states

Weak Middle States are increasingly experiencing mounting issues to do with financing of terrorism over social media where online platforms…
Al-Sharaa's Hypocrisy: HTS Terror Roots Undermine Syria's Counter-Terror Critique

Al-Sharaa's Hypocrisy: HTS Terror Roots Undermine Syria's Counter-Terror Critique

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa entered 2025 with a complex agenda shaped by his past as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the…
Islamist militancy’s involvement in Yemen’s southern separatist conflict

Islamist militancy’s involvement in Yemen’s southern separatist conflict

The southern separatist conflict in Yemen has entered the year 2025 with ever-increasing complexity layers with the Islamist militant groups…
Sunni jihadist resurgence after strategic setbacks to Iran-led militias

Sunni jihadist resurgence after strategic setbacks to Iran-led militias

The intricate balance of power in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon changed considerably as the militia led by Iran took a…

Expert Opinions

Israeli Governance and the Challenge of Controlling Settler Extremism in Occupied Territories

The Kurdish Question Revisited: Stateless Nations and Permanent Security Tensions

Analyzing the Political Motives Behind Israel’s New Terrorism Death Penalty Bill

When Counter-Terrorism Enables Repression: Examining Saudi Arabia’s Use of UN Frameworks

Digital Authoritarianism: Surveillance States and Cyber Repression in the Middle East

Militarised Religion: The Role of Clerics in Middle Eastern Insurgencies

Iran’s Role in Leading SCO Anti-Terrorism Exercises: Regional Security Implications

Iran’s Role in Leading SCO Anti-Terrorism Exercises: Regional Security Implications

The fact that Iran hosted and headed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) bi-annual anti-terrorism drill, called Sahand-Counterterrorism-2025 and which is…
Post-Petroleum Middle East: Security Implications of Energy Transition

Post-Petroleum Middle East: Security Implications of Energy Transition

The world is moving towards the use of non-fossil fuels and this has placed the Middle East at an important…
Drone Swarms and Non-State Warfare: Middle East as Laboratory for Future Conflict

Drone Swarms and Non-State Warfare: Middle East as Laboratory for Future Conflict

Next-generation military technologies, especially the use of swarms of drones by non-state actors, have proven themselves in the Middle East.…
How Kuwait’s AML/CFT Framework Shapes Gulf Security Cooperation Against Terrorism?

How Kuwait’s AML/CFT Framework Shapes Gulf Security Cooperation Against Terrorism?

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework of Kuwait is becoming a particularly central part of the…
Iran’s Stance: Arrest of Gaza Flotilla Activists Is an Act of Terrorism

Iran’s Stance: Arrest of Gaza Flotilla Activists Is an Act of Terrorism

Iran formally announced in October 2025 that the detention of 461 activists of Global Sumud Flotilla was an act of…
Manchester Synagogue Attack Exposes Gaps in Counter-Terrorism and Prevention

Manchester Synagogue Attack Exposes Gaps in Counter-Terrorism and Prevention

The terrorist attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on October 2, 2025 was an intensely intimidating experience of…
Counter-Terrorism Laws and Human Rights: Striking the Balance in the Middle East

Counter-Terrorism Laws and Human Rights: Striking the Balance in the Middle East

By 2025, state policy in the Middle East is still destined to be affected by terrorism. Although ISIS suffered a…
Drones, AI, and Cyber-Jihad: The Future of Terrorism in the Middle East

Drones, AI, and Cyber-Jihad: The Future of Terrorism in the Middle East

With the introduction of unmanned aerial systems, Middle Eastern terrorism has been completely transformed with regard to its operational environment.…
From Al-Qaeda to ISIS: How Terrorist Ideologies Evolve in the Middle East?

From Al-Qaeda to ISIS: How Terrorist Ideologies Evolve in the Middle East?

Ideological development of Middle Eastern terrorism dates back to the very worldview of Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda was founded in the late…
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